Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Emergent Strategy Series, AK Press
Who here has not been mothered by someone genetically and socially distant from your birth situation, at some necessary time? And if you have ever shared something, taught someone, shared responsibility for someone's wellness for even a part of their journey, how would you measure what you gained from that potentially "costly behavior?" We call it love.
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Emergent Strategy Series, AK Press I can feel how long we've wanted this, a world where we can hear each other, protect each other, play and touch each other safely, nourish each other generously.
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Emergent Strategy Series, AK Press But maybe we can evolve our mouths in the shape of need, train our movements for multiple contexts, nurture abundantly, and protect those who nurture. Maybe it's not too late to cultivate grace.
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Emergent Strategy Series, AK Press What if sanctuary is a form of love that respects your organic boundaries? Abides with the distance of your intimacy needs? Respects the song of your own time? Your growth?
Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals, Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Emergent Strategy Series, AK Press ...the urgency of rest, the necessity of regeneration...
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